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77.2%

77.2% -- referring domain links increase percentage for Blog content longer than 3,000 words vs content shorter than 1,000 words (2022)

2022  · Backlinko

Content longer than 3,000 words gets an average of 77.2% more referring domain links than content shorter than 1,000 words according to a Backlinko study cited in the article.

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77.2%
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Data Vintage
2022
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Blog content longer than 3,000 words vs content shorter than 1,000 words
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45
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Backlinko Primary Tier C
https://growtika.com/saas-seo/ ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2022 Channel: Wayback
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Growtika
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Quoted in article as Backlinko finding; comparison of long-form content (>3,000 words) vs short-form content (<1,000 words). Original study year not stated in source text.

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Blog content longer than 3,000 words vs content shorter than 1,000 words: 77.2% referring domain links increase percentage. Source: Backlinko (2022). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/backlinko-long-content-referring-domain-links-increase
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/backlinko-long-content-referring-domain-links-increase" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>77.2%</strong> -- referring domain links increase percentage for Blog content longer than 3,000 words vs content shorter than 1,000 words<br><small>Source: Backlinko (2022) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/backlinko-long-content-referring-domain-links-increase" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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